Corylus colurna
Common name: 
Turkish Hazel
Pronunciation: 
KO-ril-us ko-LURN-a
Family: 
Betulaceae
Genus: 
Corylus
Type: 
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: 
No
  • Broadleaf deciduous tree, 35-50(80) ft [11-15(24) m] tall, slow growing, broad pyramidal symmetrical shape, horizontal limbs small, usually with a short trunk and bark which is pale brown, flaky.  Leaves alternate, simple, ovate to obovate, 6-15 cm long, acuminate tip, base cordate, margin serrate or crenate-serrate, dark green, pubescence on veins below; fall color pale yellow/green, sometimes purplish.  Flowers; male catkins 5-8 cm long, female flowers small, inconspicuous.  Fruit a nut, clustered, involucre about 4-5 cm wide, deeply divided into linear lobes, nut 12-16 mm across.
  • Sun to light shad, best in well-drained soil.  Considered a possibility for "difficult sites", tolerates drought and alkaline soil.  Received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit in 1993.
  • Hardy to USDA Zone 4      Native to southeast Europe and western Asia.
  • colurna: classical name

 

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